Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-01-13
Health in the School-room.


fAfEk READ BtfoRE THE MAINE PFpA
, GoGlcAL SOCIETY AT BRUNSWICK. Nj
DIG 81, 1856, By GEO 4 PHILLIPS, NJ. D.
OF ELLSWORTH.
The ,asrn.>> Of nv theme. the Lre,iry d
the time allotted me by your committee
render il impossible to do more Than ,ouci
the edge Of The promised land | >ha,t po
sa, relucranih enter upon TN, work. for
.o,e the theme with all ii> measure e>> im
port, though regret the narr, wIt>s Of m,
ability aud time 40 hrug it before you a>
glsdl, would. A sLhlrct bearing upon ~,
whole future Of those who are nov children
needs far more research and Gaze han
have been able to trus ioit-
The large ra'.e # meutsl and uh,>ica
strength entering iu'o the itot m. the IN.
htntrd difference, tN.>iiug iu H., mut'uG.
OF chIdr.n mpu,lug our SCHOOLS, II, he
rules vii nigh Impossible. and " TAI MAY 4,
suggested, oprH tn tACep...n.. standing at
lh~ front. a. lhr fashion "f,is hour. is ihr
CRY of o'er"otk IN The schools O,eruolk
hat >iumi Ing h'rck wherein VI ipi eNcu>,
f. our neeI.c' cf pi,,'ca' lsw,. our suaul-
eence> and wees. : q G uaI'ian. IA a uIimar-
d. hrhl'hN sdul', almost never found Nrc~,
XII, not work Worr,. a. Nirty. >ori. " 4 d..
not mental work. W., wNich 80 ai,orh,
onr, 10 lrr,,rt prrgrr CIVILIZATIONS ,f
ph!,i Hf'. may du taiul; not ,Le w,ih.
but the lack.
except M these -'a',n,n'>. ,uh,fj',a or
acquired we.krr.>ts. ltxr,pt. 81. before
stated. thar which stimulates emotion. as
grief ar care lte>e have fI.d A4tar.a
graves, where vo,k has filed ore. A.
adult primarily ", |. 0ith a iatr rega,d tur
physical requirements. can almost never
do h rm hl bard work
Slr William GuI', au eminent Er.j>n au-
rhoriI,. M, h- quoted a. never la,I.... seen.
a cas-. Prof HnralIu Wood, Of our uuu
country. declares it 10 lt tAfr,n,, rarr.
DIR. Hammond wnp eA>iD, stand, At th.
front, in America as q writer urou ntl, uu>
diseases, IN answer to q letter vr'teu IA,
myself during tie prepar,,inp Of ms ;farer.
SAYS, Long b't'rr Dr> Gull ct Wotdv wrote
a "ord upon Ihi> sulj,Cl | had HtiirneL
that emotional disturbance, a. much none
potent factor IN causing cerebral Gi>,a>,.
than hard work
But have spoken If adults W., G,,l
with different facror> in speaking If cti .dren.
A divine builder has su arralged. tha, dur
my he earlier DAYS Of life. ell else l. >uhur.
dinated 10 physical growth wien II, alone
is master, ere human thought can conrrol.
lhi, alort is supreme
Let u> mol too soon reach in our hand ~
human weakness to interfere. L. u>r,-
member tha, the welfare or ct,ld and fu,,,r..
gen, ra,ious. depends a thousand f5d mon.
upon tb. building of that earl, body. than
upon The building fthat eafls mind. The
brain. strange as II ma, seem to ,ou. reaches
is full grnurh AT he .,d ,r,b- f,... ..,.,
Years. II trlI and / JTIX l,.f fpI
whatever .l,. .ufT.rs and s,ary,.. n !, hr,i,
burr,ino aiorp with al,rnir, >,...d mad.
the check moi tn. Spyy D.afh enr.r. count
less homes during ,h.s. year. h, can>4 I'm,
rapidly growing brain srar,es the body ,o
death sneak ad,I>4dty | un,,Ii no,
dat. walk tLi- yrn,itd but IN fIHnYing
bath which bs. b.4p v-I f,od I, ua.ihi.
thai caused one Of IN. foremost nt,s,olo.
gi'rs of England TO declare his son should
learn no lesson during Ihe first seven Years
of life.
In letter written TO m, self, from which
have quoted above. I,r. Hammond makes
the exception for chiliren, and asserts that
"harm is often done, permanent harm" 10y
work during these early Years.
l might easily fill tins paper with quota